Thursday, December 6, 2012

Very important and well said

After slaying critics in defense of her daughter Willow, outspoken actress and activist Jada Pinkett-Smith took to Facebook today to drop some knowledge on how the degradation of women has resulted in problems for both sexes.

As we look at societies where the women are lost, struggling for education and otherwise disregarded, versus those who consider women the center of their communities, Jada‘s words ring all the more truer. Read what she has to say below:

How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eye’s of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of Goddess recognition and diminished to a big ass and full breast for physical comfort only.

The woman who has been silenced so she may forget her spiritual essence because her words stir too much thought outside of the pleasure space. The woman who has been diminished to covering all that rots inside of her with weaves and red bottom shoes.

I am sure the men, who restructured our societies from cultures that honored woman, had no idea of the outcome. They had no idea that eventually, even men would render themselves empty and longing for meaning, depth and connection.

There is a deep sadness when I witness a man that can’t recognize the emptiness he feels when he objectifies himself as a bank and truly believes he can buy love with things and status. It is painful to witness the betrayal when a woman takes him up on that offer.

He doesn’t recognize that the [creation] of a half woman has contributed to his repressed anger and frustration of feeling he is not enough. He then may love no woman or keep many half women as his prize.

He doesn’t recognize that it’s his submersion in the imbalanced warrior culture, where violence is the means of getting respect and power, as the reason he can break the face of the woman who bore him four children.

When woman is lost, so is man. The truth is, woman is the window to a man’s heart and a man’s heart is the gateway to his soul.

The Days of Our Lives

Father: The world is full of nice, ordinary little people living in nice, ordinary little houses on the ground. But didn't you ever dream of a house up in a tree top? Mother: No! Mostly I dream of a house in New Guinea.

Roberta: Do you like the sea, Fritz? Fritz: I like things you can depend on. The sea, you can never be sure of it. Roberta: Well that's the fun of it, not being sure of things.

~Swiss Family Robinson

We're not nearly as adept as the Robinsons. But certainly each day presents new adventure and opportunity to create with what's available in the moment. For now, we're making life in our own little metaphorical tree house.

Our little "Punky" derived from 'pumpkin' is growing leaps it seems with each passing day. You'll find some of her milestones and our musings here.